Interesting thought

I never thought about this until right now. (If you don't want to hear me bitch and moan about work and lack of vacation you should stop here.)

So you get a good job, maybe you spend 4, 5, or 10 years there. Each year you get a raise, maybe you get a promotion. Likely your seniority allows you to earn more vacation as you get tenured. So then you say, "Hey, I've put my time in, I've got some experience under my belt, I'm going to find a new, fancy, shiny, better job!"

Good for you. So you go out and interview, and your title and your salary are your leverage, you are able to pull in a new job using your hard earned skills and your previous job as a stepping stone. But wait... All that hard earned vacation is, well, gone. Why doesn't your earned vacation count for anything? Say you were a lucky guy (or gal), and put 12 years in at a company. You went from a measly one week of paid time off and climbed up to a big four weeks! But at that new job, although your title transfers and your salary is matched or bettered, wave goodbye to your vacation.

Why?